A5092230986- Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
- Dark Matter and Cosmic Phenomena
- Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
Bucknell University
2023
This paper reports on the search for ultralight dark matter in form of axions and photons using an innovative experimental design which earth serves as a transducer converting into characteristic magnetic field signal. The magnetometers used to detect expected patterns are placed areas noise sources, such anthropogenic ones, minimal. Although no conclusive detection is reported, limits set models various parameter ranges prospects refining methodology presented.
Earth can act as a transducer to convert ultralight bosonic dark matter (axions and hidden photons) into an oscillating magnetic field with characteristic pattern across its surface. Here we describe the first results of dedicated experiment, Search for Non-Interacting Particles Experimental Hunt (SNIPE Hunt), that aims detect such dark-matter-induced magnetic-field patterns by performing correlated measurements network magnetometers in relatively quiet environments (in wilderness far from...